January 2025
February 2025
House Reelects Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker After Contentious Vote
The House narrowly reelected Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker after a group of Republicans initially opposed him, prompting President-elect Trump to intervene in negotiations that led to the change of some votes.
House Reelects Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker After Contentious Vote
The House narrowly reelected Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker after a group of Republicans initially opposed him, prompting President-elect Trump to intervene in negotiations that led to the change of some votes.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Subsea Cable Vulnerabilities Threaten Global Communications
Subsea cables, carrying 98% of global internet traffic and trillions in daily financial transactions, are increasingly vulnerable to damage from human activity and potential sabotage, as highlighted by recent incidents and leading to calls for increased investment in resilience and redundancy.
Subsea Cable Vulnerabilities Threaten Global Communications
Subsea cables, carrying 98% of global internet traffic and trillions in daily financial transactions, are increasingly vulnerable to damage from human activity and potential sabotage, as highlighted by recent incidents and leading to calls for increased investment in resilience and redundancy.
Progress
8% Bias Score
House Reelects Mike Johnson as Speaker Despite Republican Opposition
The House voted to reelect Representative Mike Johnson as Speaker after a tight contest marked by initial opposition from several Republicans, with President-elect Trump's intervention playing a crucial role in securing the necessary votes.
House Reelects Mike Johnson as Speaker Despite Republican Opposition
The House voted to reelect Representative Mike Johnson as Speaker after a tight contest marked by initial opposition from several Republicans, with President-elect Trump's intervention playing a crucial role in securing the necessary votes.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Thai PM Declares \$400 Million in Assets, Underscoring Wealth-Power Nexus
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared over \$400 million in assets, including luxury goods, to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, highlighting the longstanding link between wealth and power in Thai politics.
Thai PM Declares \$400 Million in Assets, Underscoring Wealth-Power Nexus
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared over \$400 million in assets, including luxury goods, to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, highlighting the longstanding link between wealth and power in Thai politics.
Progress
60% Bias Score
New Orleans Attack: Mosque's Response Highlights Pattern of Downplaying Islamic Extremism
Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, drove his truck into New Year's Eve revelers in New Orleans; his Houston mosque advised congregants to contact CAIR and avoid the media, reflecting a pattern of downplaying Islamic extremism.
New Orleans Attack: Mosque's Response Highlights Pattern of Downplaying Islamic Extremism
Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, drove his truck into New Year's Eve revelers in New Orleans; his Houston mosque advised congregants to contact CAIR and avoid the media, reflecting a pattern of downplaying Islamic extremism.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Judicial Conference Declines to Refer Ethics Complaints Against Supreme Court Justices
The U.S. Judicial Conference announced it will not refer ethics complaints against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Department of Justice; Thomas will update his financial disclosures to reflect private travel and gifts, while Jackson amended her disclosures re...
Judicial Conference Declines to Refer Ethics Complaints Against Supreme Court Justices
The U.S. Judicial Conference announced it will not refer ethics complaints against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Department of Justice; Thomas will update his financial disclosures to reflect private travel and gifts, while Jackson amended her disclosures re...
Progress
48% Bias Score
Trump's 1980s Trade Policies Pose Risk to Japan
President-elect Trump's 1980s-style trade policies could negatively impact Japan due to a potentially weakening yen and insufficient trade concessions, potentially escalating into a trade war.
Trump's 1980s Trade Policies Pose Risk to Japan
President-elect Trump's 1980s-style trade policies could negatively impact Japan due to a potentially weakening yen and insufficient trade concessions, potentially escalating into a trade war.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Tesla's First Annual EV Delivery Drop in 2024
Tesla's 2024 electric vehicle deliveries dropped by 1.1% to 1.79 million units, defying predictions of slight growth and causing a 6% stock price decline; factors include increased competition from BYD, a shift towards hybrid vehicles, and reduced government subsidies.
Tesla's First Annual EV Delivery Drop in 2024
Tesla's 2024 electric vehicle deliveries dropped by 1.1% to 1.79 million units, defying predictions of slight growth and causing a 6% stock price decline; factors include increased competition from BYD, a shift towards hybrid vehicles, and reduced government subsidies.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Surgeon General Urges Alcohol Cancer Warnings
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging Congress to add cancer risk warnings to alcohol labels, citing alcohol as the third leading preventable cause of cancer, responsible for about 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 deaths annually in the U.S., and linking alcohol consumption to seven types of ca...
Surgeon General Urges Alcohol Cancer Warnings
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging Congress to add cancer risk warnings to alcohol labels, citing alcohol as the third leading preventable cause of cancer, responsible for about 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 deaths annually in the U.S., and linking alcohol consumption to seven types of ca...
Progress
32% Bias Score
Apple to Pay $95 Million in Siri Privacy Lawsuit
Apple will pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its Siri virtual assistant secretly recorded users' conversations from September 17, 2014, to 2023, potentially violating privacy laws and raising concerns about data sharing with advertisers; tens of millions of U.S. consumers are eligible to ...
Apple to Pay $95 Million in Siri Privacy Lawsuit
Apple will pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its Siri virtual assistant secretly recorded users' conversations from September 17, 2014, to 2023, potentially violating privacy laws and raising concerns about data sharing with advertisers; tens of millions of U.S. consumers are eligible to ...
Progress
48% Bias Score
Murthy Advisory Links Alcohol to 100,000 Annual Cancer Cases
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's new advisory warns that alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., responsible for about 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 deaths annually, urging increased public awareness and reassessment of consumption guidelines.
Murthy Advisory Links Alcohol to 100,000 Annual Cancer Cases
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's new advisory warns that alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., responsible for about 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 deaths annually, urging increased public awareness and reassessment of consumption guidelines.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Honduran Gang Member Kidnaps Texas Woman on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, Honduran gang member Eduardo Javier Ordonez Godoy, 35, kidnapped a 22-year-old Texas woman at gunpoint, forcing her to withdraw cash and threatening to sell her organs or prostitute her before she escaped; he was arrested in Oklahoma City less than 24 hours later.
Honduran Gang Member Kidnaps Texas Woman on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, Honduran gang member Eduardo Javier Ordonez Godoy, 35, kidnapped a 22-year-old Texas woman at gunpoint, forcing her to withdraw cash and threatening to sell her organs or prostitute her before she escaped; he was arrested in Oklahoma City less than 24 hours later.
Progress
60% Bias Score